With the premiere-week hullaballoo now over, Thursday's ratings settled into a familiar pattern: CBS and "CSI" led the total-viewer count, and ABC and "Grey's Anatomy" took the demographic title.

"Private Practice" had a pretty solid premiere to wrap up last season's cliffhanger, and both "The Mentalist" and "Fringe" built some on their numbers from last week.

CBS averaged 14.2 million viewers and an 8.9 rating/15 share in households for the night. ABC finished a strong second with 12.5 million viewers and an 8.0/13. FOX (7.6 million, 4.7/7) was a distant third. NBC (5.5 million, 3.4/6) came in fourth, ahead of The CW (3 million, 1.9/3).

In the adults 18-49 demo, ABC's 4.7 rating led the way, beating out CBS' 3.8. FOX took third with a 2.5, followed by NBC, 2.2, and The CW, 1.4.

Thursday night hour by hour:

8 p.m.

CBS: "Survivor: Samoa" (11.7 million viewers, 7.1/12 households)

ABC: "FlashForward" (10.8 million, 6.7/11)

FOX: "Bones" (9 million, 5.6/9)

NBC: "SNL Weekend Update Thursday" (5.1 million, 3.3/6)/"Parks and Recreation" (4.6 million, 3.0/5)

The CW: "The Vampire Diaries" (3.5 million, 2.2/4)

9 p.m.

CBS: "CSI" (15.6 million, 9.7/15)

ABC: "Grey's Anatomy" (15.4 million, 9.8/15)

NBC: "The Office" (7.3 million, 4.3/7)/"Community" (5.8 million, 3.4/5)

FOX: "Fringe" (6.2 million, 3.7/6)

The CW: "Supernatural" (2.6 million, 1.6/3)

10 p.m.

CBS: "The Mentalist" (15.2 million, 9.8/17)

ABC: "Private Practice" season premiere (11.5 million, 7.6/13)

NBC: "The Jay Leno Show" (5 million, 3.2/5)

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The Mentalist hit 10.2 last week. I'm glad to see it continue to gain in HHs. Its great to see after being moved from Tuesday's at 8pm central when it was getting 11's and 12's HH. CSI LA whick I like got lower rating during The Mentalist timesolt last week.